>> rose: tonight, terrorists behead another american. isis maixes good on the threat to execute journalist steven sotloff. bob orr has details, major garrett the u.s. reaction. how did hackers get ahold the photos celebrities stored in private internet accounts. what apple is saying about the stars and the cloud. don dahler on powerful storms hitting the midwest with tornadoes, lightning, heavy rain, and flooding. and look out, broadway, jeff pegues with the next generation of theater critics. >> it's extraordinary, great, powerful, life-changing show. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> rose: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm charlie rose. they have done it again.

isis has executed another kidnapped american. they released a video today purported to show the beheading of 31-year-old steven sotloff. isis, which is out to set up an islamic state in parts of iraq and syria would like us to show you the most graphic images on that video as part of their campaign of terror. we will not. here is our homeland security correspondent bob orr. >> reporter: the video titled, a second message to america" is a grim replay of last month's murder of american reporter james foley. this time, it's another u.s. journalist, steven sotloff, who like foley, is shown kneeling in an orange prison jumpsuit in a dusty, desolate spot in syria. once again, a masked man with a knife speaking in a british accent explains sotloff is being killed for ongoing american air strikes against the group isis. >> i am back, obama, because of your arrogant policy towards this islamic state. >> reporter: just before his

reported beheading, sotloff recites scripted pop grande asking why he has to pay the price. after killing foley, isis warned sotloff would be left. sotloff's mother pleaded to spare her son. >> i ask you to please release my child. as a mother, i ask your justice to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. >> reporter: today, a spokesman for the sotloff family would only say, "the family knows of this horrific tragedy and is grieving privately. "time" which had published his stories, expressed shock, saying of sotloff, "he gave his life so readers would have access to information from some of the most dangerous places in the world." isis has made it clear the horror may not stop with sotloff's murder. on the tape, the masked executioner presents a british hostage, identified as david cawthorne haines, and suggests his life now depends on the actions of the u.s. and british governments. now, some u.s. officials suspect

sotloff may actually have been killed several days ago. and while intelligence analysts are still tonight studying the video, the executioner appears to be same man shown in the foley tape. he's believed to be, charlie, a radical who left great britain for the ranks of isis. >> rose: bob orr in washington, thanks. the sotloff video was released shortly before president obama left washington for a nato summit in wales. it is about, among other things, the crisis in ukraine. the president will be stopping first in the stormer soviet republic of estonia. chief white house correspondent maib is there. major. >> reporter: charlie president obama was briefed on the sotloff video before leaving washington. the white house has feared for sotloff's safety since the isis video of james foal's execution first surfaced two weeks ago. the second murder of an american intensifies pressure on the president to develop a military strategy against isis in syria, its base of operations. last week, the president admitted he was still searching for that strategy and weighing whether or not to launch air strikes on isis targets inside

syria. but syria is not on the agenda here, and estonia, later this week in wales, the president will seek help from nato allies to battle the terror group. the intelligence community is working to authenticate the sotloff video, but, charlie, officials here tell us they have no reason to doubt that it's real, calling it another sickening act of terrorist brutality. >> rose: major, what does the president hope to accomplish in the deteriorating situation in ukraine? >> reporter: he's here in the baltics. he will meet with all three presidents of estonia, lithuania, lat via on what he hopes will be a message to vladimir putin, any military incursions in government baltic states will be repelled by u.s. and nato forces. the president hopes that message comes across loud and clear. >> rose: last night, the u.s. military went after the leader of another islamic terrorist group, this one some nawlia. more on that now from national security correspondent david martin at the pentagon.

>> reporter: the tawrg was ahmed godane. manned and unmanned aircraft fired hell fire missiles and laser-guided weapons at his car and a tent where he was to spend the night. three people were killed, but pentagon spokesman admiral john kirby said there is as yet no hard proof godan was one of them. >> he is the recognized, appointed leader of the al shabab network in somalia. so if he was killed, this is a very significant blow to their network. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence has been tracking godane, who went by multiple names, for years, and the state department has offered a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to his capture or death. according to this wanted poster he was 38 years old. al shabab is best known for the attack one year ago when gunmen seized the westgate mall in nairobi, kenya, and terrorized

shoppers during a three-day standoff which ended in a shoot-out with police. >> godane claimed al shabab was responsible for the mall attack which killed and injured dozens in nairobi. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence thought they had located godane once before but an operation to get him was called off at the last moment for fear he had been alerted. charlie. >> rose: home depot may be the latest retailer to be hit by a security breach. russian hackers may have stolen the credit and debit card of store customers. home depot said today it is looking into what it calls unusual activity. tonight, the f.b.i. is trying to find the computer hackers who posted nude photos of female celebrities on the internet. the images were stolen from private accounts. john blackstone reports on how this may have happened. >> reporter: apple says it spent more than 40 hours investigating how hundreds of photos, including nude images of oscar winner jennifer lawrence

and other celebrities, were stolen by hackers. in a statement today, the company says the "celebrity accountes were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, pass words and security questions. apple says it found no evidence of a braesm of its icloud service that automatically stores user data, but the very nature of cloud computing has increased the risk that what is private can become public. kevin mahaffey is with lookout, a mobile security company. >> before the cloud, if somebody guessed your password, they have to steal your laptop or phone to get access to your data. now they can be anywhere in the world and use that password and fake your data. >> reporter: the cloud is actually firmly on the ground, huge computer server facility. they allow someone with smart phone, tablet, and computers at home and the office to access all of their information anywhere, any time. a document or photograph on one device can be viewed on all and even shared with friends, family, or coworkers.

and it's not just photographs and e-mails that are kept in the cloud. details about our entire private lives, including finances, and health are there, too. my medical records may be kept by a hospital, by a doctor, i don't know what cloud service they're using. >> and that's the problem right now is it's really hard to tell the difference between a secure and insecure cloud service. >> reporter: if it's up there, somebody may be able to find it? >> you can never rule out anything. >> reporter: by now, most of us know what security experts advise-- create longer, more complicated passwords, but just like the advice from the doctor to get more exercise, charlie, we know it's good for us. we don't always do it. >> rose: indeed, thanks, john. posting intimate photos of celebrities online may be wrong but is it illegal? apparently, it depends. here's elaine quijano. >> reporter: the law and penalties for stealing private information are clear-- but there's little recourse for those who have had intimate photos stolen and shared.

just 14 states have enacted laws deal with unwanted distribution of private images, including nude photos. >> it's extremely difficult to police it. >> reporter: attorney steven caponi is with cyber security law watch, a firm that advises business and individuals on privacy issues. >> the problem there is you have a patchwork of 50 different laws, and the individuals, both the person whose photos were taken and the purpose who takes the photos, are often located in different states and, therefore, it's unclear what law applies. >> reporter: recent high-profile cases have drawn attention to what investigators call sextortion. cases where hackers obtain intimate images of a victim and then threaten to post them online unless a victim pays, as was the case two years ago with misteen u.s.a. cassidy wolf. >> you have what are 20th century laws trying to be applied to 21st century problems. i think what they're look for or what is needed is a comprehensive set of laws that

would afford the protections i think people are looking for. >> reporter: prosecuting these cases can be difficult, in part because of complicated digital trails that obscure who is responsible, and even when cases are pursued, courts are sometimes hesitant to send people to jail. >> it's very hard to unring the bell because you can't take back images. you can't cause people to unsee what they have seen. and it's almost impossible to completely scrub the web. so although you may have the ability technically to pursue someone criminally or civilly, the ability to find them and to obtain peace of mind and to what you would say obtain closure is very remote. >> reporter: there is a federal law some prosecutors are beginning to use to go after this type of crime, the computer fraud and abuse act, an anti-hacking law. marley, it includeses 5-20-year prison sentence for those convicted of gaining unauthorized access to another person's computer. >> rose: severe weather is headed east from the nation's

midsection tonight. 11 million people could be affected. don dahler reports the storms may have already left their mark elsewhere. >> reporter: in the great plains and midwest, summer's unofficial end was noisy and violent. a storm chaser captured this video of a massive bolt of lightning in denison, iowa. seven tornadoes touched down in three states. this one stalked the kansas farmland. that same storm system pelted the area with hail the size of tennis balls. in michigan, heavy rain and strong winds brought down trees and power lines. >> his head was bleeding and stuff and his head was under the tree. the broken two by four went across his neck. >> reporter: one couple was trapped inside their house by a fallen tree. neighbors rushed to help. >> i ran out the door and hollered down there, and i saw her climbing through the wreckage, and i could hear him yelling for help. >> reporter: people attending holiday events fought the high wind and raced for shelter.

in detroit, floodwaters forced cars on to sidewalks as residents worked to unclog cranes. the cold front that spawned these storms is slowly headed east and is expected to weaken. charlie, after relatively mild summer, new york city today sweltered under the highest temperatures since last september. >> rose: it sure did. thanks, don. the midterm elections are just nine weeks from today, and the battle for control over congress. the republicans are all but certain to hold on to the house, but the senate, now run by the democrats, supfor grabs. john dickerson is our cbs news political director. john, let me begin with this. a political landscape today if you had to look at this, and things could change what, does it look like? >> reporter: if you look at the senate, republicans need to take just six seats away from those democrats. they're pret well on their way to having taken three of those away in west virginia, south dakota and montana. that means they would need as few as three more in eight competitive places on democratic turfs. the democrats have only two

shots, in georgia and kentucky. the election is two months away, but the latest cbs news estimate has republicans favored to take the senate 51-41. >> rose: turning to the debate that's taking place, there's a lot happening around the world. is foreign policy a part of the political debate? >> reporter: voters when you ask them what they care about, they still pick domestic issues, but overlaying this entire election is disappointment with the president. so that motivates republicans and discourages democrats. so in the latest cbs news poll, only just 36% said they had a favorable view of the president's handling of foreign policy. so when the world is in crisis and the president is getting blamed, democratic candidates suffer. >> rose: so what do the democrats have to do if they've got a president who is unpopular? >> reporter: keep it local. they want to talk about everything they're doing for the state. they want to beat the dickens out of their opponent and they want to turn out voters not just active democrats but people who don't vote in midterm elections or people who have never voted at all. >> rose: how would you define what the debate is essential about? is it local or national? is it republicans talking about the president and democrats

wanting to talk about local issues. >> reporter: for republicans this election is about the president. for democrats it's about anything but the president. >> rose: john dickerson thank you. a third american missionary in africa has contacted ebola. the announcement came from a missionary group based in north carolina. it identified the patient only as a doctor working in liberia. it has killed more than 1500 people in guinea, sieerie lo own, nigeria and liberia. more than two dozen teenagers break out of a detention center. and iceland's volcano erupts when the cbs evening news continues.

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>> rose: the hunt is on tonight for a hand full of teenaged dlirchtion wepts. mark strassman is in nashville tonight with more about how it happened. >> reporter: shortly before 11:00 last night, right after a shift change, officials say the teens kicked through a metal panel under a window and got outside. they pulled up a weak section of chain link fence and ran for a nearby highway. it apparently took unarmed guards an hour and a half to realize 30 teens had slipped off the property. property. this was a security breakdown? >> clearly tdidn't turn out the way we needed it to. >> reporter: rob johnson is the spokesman for the tennessee department of children's services or d.c.s. what is your sense of whether this was a planned mass escape?

>> i can't speculate. i think it's a reasonable question. >> reporter: eight teens remain on the loose. most of the facility's residents have at least three felony convictions. overnight, at least three escapees were turned in my their families but most were caught by police who complained about how long it took d.c.s. to notify them about the mass scape but d.c.s. said it does not want cops with guns in a detention center for juveniles. >> we can't allow weapons on our facility, and the police, i believe, feel pretty strongly about not coming in unarmed. >> reporter: this detention campus is set up more like a high school than a jail. it has locked dorms but no guard towers, for instance. charlie, d.c.s. officials say they have reinspected all the fencing but have other questions about the security background. >> rose: parents who want their kids to eat fruits and vegetables may need to start them early in infancy. several studies out today suggest when it comes to diet habits form in the first year.

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it's a simple thing. it's are they really drinking juice? are they really eating that food? and he likes to learn how everything is done. >> reporter: but what matters to him is who's watching his reviews. >> i hope that more kids see it and more kids want to go to the theater. tonight i saw "the phantom of the opera." it's an extraordinary, great, powerful, life-changing show. >> reporter: extraordinary for a six-year-old who considers the theater his playground. jeff pegues, cbs news, arlington, virginia. >> rose: you know what they say? if you want to be the best, start young. that's the cbs evening news for tonight. scott will be back tomorrow. i'm charlie rose in new york. it's been a pleasure. thank you for watching. i'll see you first thing tomorrow on "cbs this morning." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org oh wow. you look incredible!

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